China News Network, March 30th. In the evening on the 30th, Beijing time, the International Olympic Committee officially issued a statement announcing that the Tokyo Olympics will open on July 23, 2021 and close on August 8. The Tokyo Paralympic Games will be held from August 24 to September 5, 2021.
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Previously, the Japanese media had reported that a number of relevant persons in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government stated that the International Olympic Committee and Japan had reached an agreement on the postponed Tokyo Olympics schedule. According to the new schedule, the Tokyo Olympics will be held on July 23, 2021. Opening. Now, with the statement of the International Olympic Committee, the Tokyo Olympics schedule is finally settled.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a conference call on the 24th to discuss the new crown pneumonia epidemic causing the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to face a changing situation. Subsequently, the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee issued a joint statement announcing that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be held after 2020 but no later than the summer of 2021, and the names of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the Paralympic Games will remain unchanged.
It is worth mentioning that the Tokyo Olympics is the first postponed Olympic Games in the 124-year history of the modern Olympics. After the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ended, the Olympic Games officially entered Tokyo time. However, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Tokyo Olympics experienced many fate. However, the postponed Olympic dates have been set, and the Tokyo Olympics has ushered in a new start. (Finish)